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Kitform · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:37 pm Post subject: Re: What in gods name is this!!!

It's left hand drive so it rules us sensible Brits out. Mr. Green

Jinx · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:33 pm Post subject: Re: What in gods name is this!!!

Something i did not know until today: the Mini-Moke was originally designed to meet a requirement of the British Armed Forces for a small, air-transportable pernonnel carrier, circa 1963. Based, obviously, on the original Austin Mini. It was never adopted, though. Low ground clearance appears to have been the issue. Here is a military moke (NOT heavilly armed).

Any possibility the vehicle Sgt. Button posted is Cuban? I know a lot of Mokes ended up there.

Neil_Baumgardner · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:38 pm Post subject: Re: What in gods name is this!!!

- Jinx

Something i did not know until today: the Mini-Moke was originally designed to meet a requirement of the British Armed Forces for a small, air-transportable pernonnel carrier, circa 1963. Based, obviously, on the original Austin Mini. It was never adopted, though. Low ground clearance appears to have been the issue. Here is a military moke (NOT heavilly armed).

Reminds me of the Mighty Mite, which was developed off the Jeep to be carried by USMC helicopters.

Mighty Mite

Neil

Doug_Kibbey · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:17 pm Post subject: Re: What in gods name is this!!!

- Jinx

Something i did not know until today: the Mini-Moke was originally designed to meet a requirement of the British Armed Forces for a small, air-transportable pernonnel carrier, circa 1963. Based, obviously, on the original Austin Mini. It was never adopted, though. Low ground clearance appears to have been the issue. Here is a military moke (NOT heavilly armed).

Any possibility the vehicle Sgt. Button posted is Cuban? I know a lot of Mokes ended up there.

I knew about the "Mini-Moke" because it was featured as a civvie vehicle in my 1966 issue (or thereabouts) of Motor Trend. It was envisioned as a sort of urban/beach "jeep" for resort areas, tropical islands, stuff like that.
It would have been suicide on 'Murican highways....

Jinx · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:02 pm Post subject: Re: What in gods name is this!!!

The regular Mini was no joy on Canadian highways, i can assure you. Being smaller than a lot of the potholes playing a big role of that.....

A friend of mine had one. Handled like a dream, but it was rather alarming to look *up* at Pintos, VWs, dogs.....

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